I don't know offhand if the thirteen-year-old will still ask for Wizard with the new blurb. In general she doesn't succumb to peer pressure, meaning that she doesn't care a whole lot what other people think of her or whether her stuff is "boy stuff" or "girl stuff", but every so often she does. But she'd certainly be part of the market for comic-related magazines in a few years, and as a kid/teen, she likes the shiny, splashy, image-heavy sort of magazine. She probably would have started getting Wizard; now, maybe not.
When I was her age or thereabouts, I read The Comics Journal. I even subscribed to it at one point. Back then they covered a lot of mainstream books, whether because there were fewer indies or because that was just their focus at the time, I don't know. Currently I think their coverage of mainstream titles is pretty limited (although I can't swear to this because I haven't seen a copy in years), so I don't expect I'd care as much for it these days.
And of course there's the internet now, which wasn't the case when I was younger. That makes me a bit more picky about print publications--where I used to be more willing to pick up a whole magazine because it had a single article of interest, now I'm less likely to do that.
But you know, I don't know of any other comic book magazines. Our local newsstand--yes, there's just the one--certainly doesn't carry them (just Wizard--hm, wonder if they'll be moving it to another shelf now...). Are there any others? (Preferably ones that don't make you feel like an uncultured lout if you're a Marvel/DC fan? :))
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Comic Buyers Guide for new comics
http://www.magazine-agent.com/comic-buyers-guide/magazine
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